Congratulations to our 2026 Dean W. Taylor Botanical Exploration Memorial Award recipients!
The recipients of this award receive $500 each to further their botanical research. We are pleased to announce the awardees and title of their research.
Marife Auccapoma, Claremont Graduate University - California Botanic Garden
Diversification and endemism in Zeltera (Gentianaceae): Phylogenomic and morphological perspectives on a cryptic Pan-American lineage
Jake Jacobsen, California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Resurveying the rare serpentine endemic, Verbena californica (Red Hills vervain)
Oluwadamilola Peters, University of California, Merced
Documenting the Central Valley rare flora
Moss Phipps, University of California, Santa Cruz
Better understanding the status of Arctostaphylos ohloneana from the Lockheed Martin Complex in Santa Cruz County